Thursday, 29 December 2016

Slightly different to the norm... but using my Stampin' Up! stamps in a different way to that initially intended... so Project Life stamps for a Monthly Calendar...

A few of you asked me to show my Monthly Calendar/Planner format in my Bullet Journal (aka BUJO) So seeing as I have just created the pages in my lovely new note book for 2017... it seemed like a timely opportunity to share...

So this is the before version... ie before I start adding my scrawl so that it becomes useful and meaningful to me (and probably only readable by me too!!!)

I use the Project Life Date It stamp set... which - although intended for Project Life memory keeping use - is SO perfect for this job. Months (in 2 fonts); Days of the Week; Dates and a few others to play with... including the month grid image to the bottom right...

And Smoky Slate ink to stamp the days and dates as bleed-through is less than with other colours - but I use Bermuda Bay, Real Red and Pear Pizzazz alternately to add colour to the Month header - and washi tape will get added as I go along to create more visual interest...

And as I know someone will ask.... my notebook of choice is the Leuchtturm1917 A5 book with the squared page format. In Emerald colour this year (which is definitely very Bermuda Bay)

Though look at all the colours you can choose from!!

My favourite features being the squared page format (as so easy to hand draw grids like my monthly calendar format), the numbered pages, the 2 bookmarks and the index pages at the front.

So there you have it... the start of my 2017 book.... off to scrawl all over it now!

Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Carrying on from yesterday... here are a few more Sneak Peeks for you...

So for today... I thought I would share a few projects made with new stamp sets for which the new Watercolor Pencils I first shared yesterday will prove rather useful...

First up... Beautiful You... which was accompanied with the biggest ooh in the room at the recent Stampin' Up! event.... love these! 3 gorgeous images, 2 artistic squiggles and 8 lovely greetings - suitable for all occasions... and I don't have anything like them!

Second up... Mediterranean Moments... can't wait to get colouring these beautiful images in... all 4 of them...

Thirdly... Day at The Beach... 11 lovely summery images...

And lastly... aaah! So sweet... Moon Baby with its 10 images...

Followed closely by 15 images in Little Cuties

But wait these are only a few of the sets that I could be sharing today!! But more of that another day!!

Tuesday, 27 December 2016

Yes it is time for those words... Not long to wait until the release of the Spring Summer 2017 Catalogue now... as well as the release of the 2017 Sale A Bration promotional free items leaflet... Both coming your way 4th January 2017....

I have sent copies out in the post to those of you that have placed orders during 2016 (unless you have selected to be a No Contact customer) - but click here to email me if you are wanting a crafty product fix and would like your own copy.

So whilst you are waiting... how about a few videos... with a bit more than a hint to some of the new products coming your way...

First up... and I am delighted to see these Watercolor Pencils..... even I can colour with these babies....

Secondly... these are what dreams are made of! The Up Up And Away product line! Gorgeous

And lastly for today... a product that I thought was good on first view... and then the Window Box project presentation at the Stampin Up! On Stage event blew me away! Flew up to the top of the list and I cannot wait to play with them!!

But I used a 11" x 5 1/2" piece of Whisper White card scored LANDSCAPE at 5 1/2" to make an outer 5 1/2" square card blank....

Now unfortunately I have filed my card in the "christmas annual clean-up and hide everything session" today - so I will be back to update this post with the paper dimensions when I come across it again!!

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Covering UK Nationwide & local area of York Harrogate Boroughbridge Knaresborough Easingwold Wetherby. Postal: Townend Farmhouse, Main Street. Great Ouseburn.YO26 9RG., North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

An avid papercrafter and an independent Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I run classes and workshops for Card making, Scrapbooking , Gifts & Packaging , Home Decor - in fact all things paper crafting- between Harrogate & York - near Boroughbridge, Easingwold, Thirsk, Ripon, Wetherby, Leeds in North Yorkshire. I have been papercrafting for more than 13 years and a Stampin' Up! demo for over 8 years.